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J. E. CARVER.

Cotton Picker.

Patented IVIay 14. 1867.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LUHOGRAFHEF. wAs'fnNQTONy D C l @nimh ,d-taire atmtt@Hirn JOSEPH iE. CARVER, OF BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS'- Letters PatentNo. 64,629, dated .May '14, 1867. i

corren-PICKER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, J. E. CARVER, of Bridgewater, in the county ofPlymouth, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improvedCOtton-Pickcr; and that the following description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, formsa full andexact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature andprinciples of my said improvements, by which my invention may bedistinguished from all others of a similar class, together with suchparts as I claim, and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent.

This invention relates to a newand improved cotton-picker designed tosupersede the direct manual process, or the detaching of the cotton fromthe bolls directly by hand. The invention consists in the employment oruse of a reciprocating tongue provided with teeth and tted within anoblong quadrilateral box. This tongue is armed with reflex spines orteeth, and directly above it, within the box, there is an elastic plate,also armed with reflex spines or teeth, which serve to hold the cottonabstracted fromthe bolls and drawn into the box by the inward movementof the tongue, and insure its discharge from the rear end of the box. Inthe accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a bottom view orlnverted plan of my invention.

Figure 2, a vertical longitudinal central section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. 5 A

A represents an oblong quadrilateral box in which a slide, B, is placedand allowed to slide freely in and out of the same. This slide rests onthe 'bottom of the box, and is attached at its inner end to a plate, C,which is allowed to slide or work freely on the bottom' of the box A,and has aA 4pendent handle, D, attached, which extends down through alongitudinal oblong slot, a, in the bottom of the box, the length ofsaid slot determining the length of the strokeof the slide B. This slideB should be constructed of some flexible material which will not injureor bruise the stalks of the cotton plant; vulcanized rubber, leather, orother similar material would answer. This slide (which I term a tongue)should be pointed at its outer end. (see iig. 1,) and its upper surfaceis armed with reex spines or teeth b extending its whole length. In theupper part-of the box Atherc is secured a plate, E, which may be ofsheet metal or other suitable material doubled at its front end to'forma spring, c, (see ig. 2,) and having its under surface providedwith reflex spines or teeth d. The toothed portion of this plate extendsthe whole length of the box A, as shown clearly in iig. 2r The plate Eis equal in width to the internal width ofthe box A. The implement iscarried in the hand, and the slide o1" tongue B is shoved in and out, orhas a reciprocating movement imparted to it by operating the handle D,the tongue being placed in contact with the. cotton in the open boils'and drawing it out therefrom into the box A, where it is held bytheteeth of the plate E, the latter preventing the cotton from beingshovedout of the box by the outward movement of the tongue, but allowing thecotton in the box to be shoved backward in the box and to bedischargedfrom the rear end oi' the same by thc accessions the box receives atitsfront end by the drawing inward of the tongue. The spring or elasticityof plate E prevents the choking or cloggngof the cottonwithin the box A.I would remark that a plurality of tongues may be used within the box,and the invention adapted for operation on a large scale.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The reciprocating tongue B, one or more, placedwithin a box, A, and armed with reex spines or teeth,

and used either with or without the toothed plate E, substantially,asand for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 26th day ofMarch, 1867.

JOSEPH E. CARVER.

Witnesses:

WM.'F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. RoBERrs'Z

